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College students were subjected to some of the most cruel and coercive mandate policies ever established. I appreciate that you eventually came to realize that mandates are not necessary but the bottom line is they never were for this young healthy adult population. We knew by spring of 2021 that COVID vaccine didn't prevent infection or transmission yet colleges STILL push the narrative that mandates "protect the community". The entire medical community should have fought against these forced medical treatments for college students and the large majority of medical professionals are in violation of medical ethics as a result. COVID vaccine mandates persist at colleges and there are very few colleges that have dropped mandates for students that are pursing careers in healthcare. For God's sake, work harder to end this. Do better!

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Rebekah Barnett's avatar

Dr Offit, it is simply untrue that the vaccines were ever safe.

Surely you are aware of the independent analysis of the mRNA trial data which shows an SAE rate of 1/800?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22010283

This scoping review gives a good overview of the sort of harms we're dealing with:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8800/6/2/17

But even if they were safe, which they're not, it is still unethical to mandate a medication. Anyone who has completed a medical degree knows this, it is in your code of ethics that you cannot administer a vaccine under conditions of coercion. If you have forgotten this, here is an expanded ethical argument against mandated vaccination.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33637609/

At the very least, there is some risk. This cannot be denied. Where there is risk, there must be free, uncoerced choice. Mandates are coercive. Mandates cause harm. There's no way around it. Ergo, they are unethical.

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